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WOMAN WAN jS TO KNOW WHY
SHE, WAS OUSTED
Washington, March 27. Miss Nat
tie Tyler, 6(0, grandmother of John
Tyler, tenth president of the United
States, came to theWhite House to
day to see why she yras ousted as
postmistress at Courtland, Va., a
position she has held for twenty
years. .
$liss Tyler js fighting a combina
tion headed by Postmaster General
Burleson, the practical politician of
the cabinet, ;
Recently a civil service examina
tion was held for the postoffice at
Courtland. Miss Tyler's age barred
her. Another woman, Miss Sadie
Cole, made the highest mark.
Rep. Holland wanted, the job to go
to a man who could help him politic
ally, and recommended B. A. Wil
liams. His nomination was confirm
ed in the senate.
Miss Tyler and Miss Cole were
urged to see the president personally,
and their visit to the White House
this morning was the result. It was
cabinet day and the president was
busy. An appointment was arranged
for later.
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BLAST SHAKES EARTH
Houghton, Mich., March 27.
Earth tremors have been experienced
in all parts of the copper country for
the past two days as a result of air
blasts in the depths of the Quincy
mine. The disturbances occur at fre
quent intervals. One man was badly
injured when a car in which he was
descending into the mine was shaken
from the jails.
NEARLYJMDTO K1LPIT
Maud, "the,worst mule, to shoe in
Middlesex county, New Jersey," was
not allowed to enter the blacksmith
shop where it had usually been shod,
and Andy Kronweyer undertook the
job, using a new method. A chloro
form cocktail was administered' and
the mule was shod while under its
Influence.
BUIUDING INDUSTRY HAMPERED
BY .BR1CKMAKERS' STRIKE
About 100,000 building trades
workers are off the' job in Chicago
because they have no brick wth
which to erect brick buildings.
The brickmakers' strike has tied
up the supply. A few teamsters tried
to haul non-union bricks yesterday,
but when pickets from the brickmak
ers' union explained to the teamsters
what was what the teamsters quit
hauling. This was at Evanston yards.
The Building Trades' Council will
tonight elect a committee to bring
arbitration. A settlement is expected
in a day or two.
Most of the tie-up is on flat and
apartment buildings on the North
Side. The brickmakers' organization
alone has 6,000 idle men through the
strike, with Only about 600 employed
tqday.
The brickmakers' union demands
higher wages. Five cents an hour
more- for common laborers and 2
cents per 100 for brick tossers is the
scale called for. If arbitration be
fins it is believed they would compro
mise on this.
Some sort of wage raise will have
to come, however, or the city of Chi
cago will get no bricks with which
to make brick buildings.
STANFORD PARK CONCERT
The West Side Park Commission
ers announce the opening of the gym
. nasium classes, shower baths, public
library, reading room and illustrated
lectures at Stanford Park, W. 14th
place and Union avenue. The Chicago
Madrigal Club will give a" concert
Tuesday, March 31, 8 p. m.
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SEARCH FOR N. Y. GUNMAN
New York, March 27. Police are
searching for George Disma, gun
man, who lasf night shot and killed
his. stepmother, Mrs. De Ella Disma,
in her "home in Williamsburg, be
cause she refused to tell him the
whereabouts of his wife, who had" fled
to another building in fear of her lite.